Commentary
Commentary
Ten steps for clinicians to avoid being racist: The Francis commitment
The scars never go away and your status is always in question, no matter your title or uniforms of respect. Eventually it wears you down.
Commentary
Eight must-read GI studies for the primary care physician
“My collection of papers is divided into the esophagus and the colon, and then finishes up with the liver.”
Opinion
LGBTQ+ Youth Consult: Let’s talk about PrEP!
Extending counseling for preventive care measures such as preexposure prophylaxis for HIV to all sexually active youth could help to destigmatize...
Opinion
Recommendations on breastfeeding: A case of too much information
If the American Academy of Pediatrics had chosen to release a separate statement simply supporting mothers who chose to nurse longer than a year,...
Opinion
Addressing posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents
Having increasing familiarity with PTSD diagnostic criteria and treatment modalities will likely lead to increased confidence and comfort...
Opinion
Social media in the lives of adolescents
Help your patients with common mental and emotional issues to be aware of how social media may make their treatment harder, rather than being the...
Commentary
BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are more evasive of antibodies, but not of cellular immunity
Our immunity in the United States is growing and is both from vaccination and natural infection.
Commentary
Roe v. Wade overturned: A family medicine resident reacts
The most socially and economically vulnerable will be most harmed by restricting access to abortions, a resident says.
Commentary
Attacking childhood anxiety in primary care
Physicians must be first in line to end the stigma surrounding mental illness, and the easiest way to do that is to start the conversation.
Audio
To vaccinate 6-month- to 5-year-olds against SARS-CoV-2 or not to vaccinate
My take is that children 6-months to 5-years-old deserve SARS-CoV-2–induced vaccine protection and we can and should strongly recommend it as...
Opinion
Precocious puberty – how early is too soon?
A thorough history (growth, headaches, behavior or visual change, seizures, abdominal pain), physical exam, including Tanner staging, and bone age...